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I am an atheist…
I am an atheist when it comes to the god of violent jihad.
I am an atheist when it comes to the lord who converts by the sword.
I am an atheist when it comes to the mission of politicians using religion as ammunition.
but
I believe in You – the Artist of trees and galaxies.
I believe in [...]
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A call to Ubuntu
…the call to transcend and include is a call that comes from the Holy Spirit, in whom all of us live, move and have our being. So we cannot escape. We can throw a temper tantrum. We can sit in the corner and pout. We can cower in the closet in fear. But then we [...]
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Understanding the fine print
As part of our training to be foster parents, we were required to make a set of family rules. It seemed almost funny to come up with house rules, knowing we were wanting an infant or toddler at the oldest.
They’re broad and yet basic. Not super specific.
And of course, our first test of these [...]
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A New Kind of Christianity
Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith, drops tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 9).
I received a free advance copy from the publisher late last week and have been devouring it every chance I get (which with two toddlers at home hasn’t been that often).
In it, McLaren offers the [...]
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Brian McLaren – A New Kind of Christianity
Brian McLaren has a new book coming out shortly and Spencer Burke’s already talking to him about it…
In the book, A New Kind of Christianity, Brian lays out 10 questions people seem to be wrestling with universally.
The questions include:
The Narrative Question: What Is the Overarching Storyline of the Bible?
The Authority Question: How Should the Bible [...]
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Videos from #thenines online
The videos from #thenines conference are now available for viewing on demand.
You can view them via thenines.leadnet.org or on #thenines YouTube channel.
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Do we transform our pain … or transmit it?
Brian McLaren shares some great thoughts from Fr. Richard Rohr ::
Is your religion helping you to transform your pain? If it does not, it is junk religion. We all have pain—it’s the human situation, we all carry it in a big black bag behind us and it gets heavier as we get older: by betrayals, [...]
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What is emergent? Missional
Read Part 2 :: What is emergent? Centered set
While there seem to be countless folks in the Church who are more than happy to avoid being labeled emergent, the exact opposite seems to be true for the term missional. More and more folks are rushing to use the term to define their ministries. Some have [...]
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What is emergent? A generous orthodoxy
Read the introduction: What is emergent?
“I offer this book with the heartiest sentiments to all the jolly people who hate what I write, and regard it (very justly, for all I know), as a piece of poor clowning or a single tiresome joke.” – G.K. Chesterson (Orthodoxy (Moody Classics))
I came into the emergent conversation probably [...]
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iPhones and dirty Coltan #justicefriday
Today a new iPhone 3Gs is being released to the masses. Folks were lining up around the block to get their hands on Steve Jobs’ latest gadget.
The new 3Gs just adds to the iphone buzz on Twitter about the new iPhone 3.0 OS (released earlier this week).
And I get it. I’m a huge fan of [...]
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